Israel’s war on Gaza live: No truce deal yet as Rafah awaits breakthrough

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By Lyndal Rowlands and Alastair McCready
   The number of Palestinian prisoners Hamas wants released is now the “main gap” as truce negotiations continue, US and Israeli officials tell Israel’s Walla news outlet.
   The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has received South Africa’s request for it to intervene in Israel’s planned ground assault on Rafah.
   Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) has called for safe passage for those who wish to leave Nasser Hospital as Israel calls for evacuating the medical complex. The Ministry of Health in Gaza says Israeli snipers have killed three people at the hospital in Khan Younis.
   Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed at least 28,473 Palestinians and wounded 68,146 others since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas-led attacks stands at 1,139.

    Intense fighting near Khan Younis hospitals, Rafah hospitals ‘overwhelmed’: UN

    The UN humanitarian agency (OCHA) reports that continued intense fighting near the Nasser and Al Amal hospitals in Khan Younis is putting medical staff, wounded and sick patients and internally displaced people at risk.

    “Al Amal Hospital continues to contend with acute shortages of fuel and medical supplies and currently has only one functional operating room,” OCHA also reported.

    As we reported earlier, OCHA also shared a Ministry of Health in Gaza report that Nasser Hospital has sustained damage to its ceilings due to nearby explosions and sewage leaking into the emergency department.

    Meanwhile, OCHA says that hospitals in neighbouring Rafah have been “overwhelmed” by the influx of Palestinians seeking refuge there.

    Israeli forces arrest three Palestinians in Qalqilya

    The Israeli military has arrested three men during raids on the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. A man has also been arrested in the town of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, according to local media.

    Israeli forces have raided the city of Ramallah and stationed their vehicles in the vicinity of the Palestine Medical Complex, Wafa also reports.

    We will bring you further updates on the situation in the occupied West Bank when we have them.

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